red rot

English

Noun

red rot (uncountable)

  1. A degradation process in vegetable-tanned leather, caused by humidity, environmental pollution, and high temperature, and resulting in a powdery surface and structural weakness.
  2. (metallurgy) A degradation process in brass where chemical dezincification of the brass alloy leaves behind fragile or powdery copper metal.
  3. (phytopathology) A disease of sugarcane caused by the fungus Glomerella tucumanensis, formerly known as Colletotrichum falcatum.

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